I saw a program about your organisation a year or so ago, and I
thought to myself "They are absolutely right". And today I was
compelled to look up your site in response to a debate I got into
about alchoholism.

I myself was an alchoholic, for a number of years until a change
about 6 years ago, in which I delved into why I was having so many
problems in my social and professional life. I realized I had
issues stemming from childhood that I had not dealt with. So I dealt
with them.

Mind you, I did not seek any professional help, but started my own
program of meditation and introspective, slowly unraveling the knots
of my personality and finding out where the various pieces of the
puzzle led. I was a long hard road, and there were some tears shed,
but in the end, I am a happier manand do not live in fear of the
bottle.

Today, I enjoy beer, and the occasional spirit, and have become
quite an afficionado of microbrews as well as tasty imports, and
have also taken up enjoying the occasional bottle of good wine.
I rarely drink to excess, except for the occasion of celebration
with friends, when I hoist just one too many in toast, but I don't
like hangovers, so I avoid doing that as much as humanly possible.

Once again, you two are spot on, and I hope you can help people
overcome the self-defeating mantra of "Once an Alchy, always an
Alchy." Personally, I think that just gives a problem drinker an
excuse to fail.